Without Bitcoin, What Happens to Ether and XRP?

Without Bitcoin, What Happens to Ether and XRP?

Key takeaways: A sharp Bitcoin decline often triggers systemic contagion, driving altcoins lower through both liquidity and confidence channels. During crises, the market tends to view crypto as a single risk asset rather than valuing individual utility, as seen in the high BTC-ETH and BTC-XRP correlations. Correlation and beta analyses are essential for quantifying how…

Trump Tells CBS News He 'Doesn't Know' Who Binance's Changpeng Zhao Is

Trump Tells CBS News He ‘Doesn’t Know’ Who Binance’s Changpeng Zhao Is

President Trump reiterated his claim that he doesn’t know who Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao is during an interview with CBS News. Trump granted Zhao a presidential pardon in October, nearly a year after the Binance founder pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act and serving a four-month prison sentence. Trump told CBS’s Norah…

Solana Calls Out Ripple for Facts-Only on Network Activity

Solana Calls Out Ripple for Facts-Only on Network Activity

Solana executive Vibhu Norby has challenged Ripple executives and the XRP community to engage in a real-time public debate, focusing on verified on-chain information.  The call was placed by Norby, the Head of Product Marketing at the Solana Foundation, who urged X to engage in a conversation without getting emotional or using emotionally charged language,…

Malaysia Advances Tokenization Plans, Will It Use XRP Ledger?

Malaysia Advances Tokenization Plans, Will It Use XRP Ledger?

BNM confirmed its exploration of RWA tokenization to boost Malaysia’s finance sector. The central bank’s blockchain integration is fueling narratives about its potential adoption of the XRP Ledger. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) recently pulled the trigger to accelerate Malaysia’s finance sector. The central bank revealed a three-year program to delve deeper into the tokenization of…

Coinbase eyes $2B BVNK deal in stablecoin push

Coinbase eyes $2B BVNK deal in stablecoin push

Today in crypto, Coinbase is nearing a deal to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK. Romania’s gambling regulator has blacklisted prediction market Polymarket, and crypto market sentiment remains in a state of fear despite renewed clarity on US-China trade relations. Coinbase mulls $2B BVNK startup acquisition in stablecoin push: Report Coinbase Global Inc., the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency…

The AWS Outage Shows Why Crypto Can't Keep Relying On Centralized Infrastructure

The AWS Outage Shows Why Crypto Can’t Keep Relying On Centralized Infrastructure

Yet again, the digital economy was caught off guard when Amazon Web Services suffered its second major outage this year on Oct. 20, crippling exchange platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood and the analytics service Coinmarketcap. It was followed by a second, smaller outage just 10 days later. According to Amazon’s initial report, the Oct. 20…